From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rcikj-000521-Tc for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:20:02 +0100 Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 Dec 2011 11:12:51 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,352,1309762800"; d="scan'208";a="88185574" Received: from unknown (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.252.122.37]) by orsmga001.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 Dec 2011 11:12:51 -0800 From: Paul Eggleton To: Koen Kooi Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:12:10 +0000 Message-ID: <1482711.caT8mReHxH@helios> Organization: Intel Corporation User-Agent: KMail/4.7.4 (Linux/3.0.0-14-generic-pae; KDE/4.7.4; i686; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <3289178.cJ7bor4PPM@helios> MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] psplash fixes X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:20:02 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Monday 19 December 2011 20:02:02 Koen Kooi wrote: > In OE-classic we had IMAGE_SPLASH. Btw, I'm not using core-image.bbclase. Well we could always use IMAGE_SPLASH and bring it in via image.bbclass. It seems to me like something you should be able to enable or exchange easily for any image. > >>> Would update-alternatives be needed at all in > >>> that case? > >> > >> It would if you want to change it after booting :) > > > > What's the use case for changing the splash image after booting? > > If you splash contains text its nice to be able to exchange it as easily as > the rest of the system. So is this for i18n? Or do you have something in the text that's likely to need changing? Might it be better to provide an alternative channel for displaying text in psplash for that? Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre